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Peru

  • 22 Dec 2015
    7m

    Peru’s war on cocaine

    It’s already one of the world’s biggest industries. But now, a new strain of coca plant could spark a surge in the global production of cocaine.

  • 13 Oct 2014

    Death and corruption in Peru’s Amazonian rainforest

    Edwin Chota was one of four friends who died trying to protect the land in one remote area of Peru from illegal loggers. Now his people also fear for their lives.

  • 6 Aug 2014

    Peru drugs smuggler to be transferred to Northern Ireland

    One of two women jailed for smuggling £1.5m worth of cocaine to Spain is due to be transferred to a prison in Northern Ireland.

  • 31 Jul 2014

    Gaza war prompts Latin America to break ties with Israel

    While the US and UK stand by Israel over its military offensive in Gaza, governments across Latin America have moved to cut their links.

  • 24 Dec 2013

    Peru holds high-altitude ‘Santa race’

    Dozens of runners dressed as Santa Claus dashed through the streets of Peru on Saturday for the annual Christmas high altitude race, in the Andean city of Huancayo.

  • 17 Dec 2013

    Peru jail sentence for UK drug mule pair

    Two women from the UK, Michaella McCollum Connolly and Melissa Reid, are sentenced to six years and eight months after pleading guilty to cocaine smuggling.

  • 13 Dec 2013

    The social price of gold: child prostitution

    Global demand for Peruvian gold has led to illegal mining that has fuelled unprecedented levels of child prostitution. Filmmaker Guillermo Galdos reports for Channel 4 News.

  • 25 Oct 2013

    Mummies found at ancient Peru burial site

    Researchers in Peru have unearthed two mummies believed to be 1,000 years old from an ancient burial site.

  • 15 Sep 2013

    Peru drugs woman: guilty plea could save 19 years in prison

    Guilty plea could cut 19 years off the prison sentence for Melissa Reid, the 20-year-old Scot in Peru charged with cocaine smuggling.

  • 21 Aug 2013

    Peru formally charges UK pair over alleged drug trafficking

    Michaella McCollum and Melissa Reid, the two women arrested in Peru on suspicion of cocaine smuggling, are formally charged, prosecutors say.

  • 21 Aug 2013

    Out of sight: how long can tribes escape the outside world?

    As members of one of Peru’s most remote tribes emerge from the Amazon jungle to ask for food, Channel 4 News explores how long uncontacted communities can avoid the influence of the outside world.

  • 17 Aug 2013

    Peru drugs accused ‘was kidnapped’

    A solicitor for one of the British women arrested for smuggling cocaine in Peru says she was kidnapped and forced to carry the drugs by a gang of 14 armed men.

  • 13 Aug 2013

    Peru drugs pair ‘terrified and emotional’

    Melissa Reid, 19, and Michaella McCollum Connolly, 20, are being held in custody in Lima on suspicion of drug trafficking after they were stopped from boarding a flight to Madrid.

  • 6 Aug 2013

    Peru: first white Bengal tiger cub born in captivity

    The first white Bengal tigress cub to be born in captivity in Peru is shown to the world. White Bengal tigers, found in India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Myanmar and Nepal, are in danger of extinction.

  • 28 May 2013

    Malnutrition ‘affects reading ability of children’

    Chronically malnourished children struggle to read and write simple sentences regardless of their level of schooling, according to new research by Save the Children.

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